Splash Entertainment to Adapt R.L. Stine Children’s Books

Splash Entertainment has inked a deal to develop, produce and distribute animated on-screen content based on R.L. Stine’s The Little Shop of Monsters picture book and Rotten School, a comedy book series from the author.

Illustrated by Marc Brown (Arthur), Stine’s The Little Shop of Monsters invites its readers to “come on in” and pick out their favorite new frightening friend to take home to their family. Rotten School, meanwhile, is a children’s book series that follows the adventures of fourth grader Bernie Bridges, who lives at a boarding school with his friends. Dan Bernard and Yvonne Bernard of Lookout Entertainment, Stine’s licensing agent, will serve as executive producers on the series.

Steve Rosen, co-CEO of Splash Entertainment, said: “We’re thrilled to join forces with Lookout Entertainment to take The Little Shop of Monsters and Rotten School beyond the bookshelf and onto the screen.”

CEO of Lookout Entertainment, Yvonne Bernard, said: “We’ve found the right partner in Splash Entertainment to bring these timeless brands to the next level.”

Lookout executive VP Dan Bernard added: “Working with Splash Entertainment to produce R. L. Stine’s Rotten School and R.L. Stine and Marc Brown’s The Little Shop of Monsters is an honor.”

Stine commented: “Thanks to Yvonne Bernard, Lookout Entertainment and Splash Entertainment, The Little Shop of Monsters will soon be open for business. Marc Brown and I had great fun dreaming up the craziest monsters ever. We can’t wait to see them all come roaring to life in this new series. And I’m looking forward to school being in session with my most rotten book series, Rotten School, on-screen for the first time, too!”

Brown said: “I am excited to see The Little Shop of Monsters come alive through animation with the talented folks at Splash and Lookout Entertainment. This was my very first collaboration with my friend R.L. Stine and it was great fun to illustrate an entire book without one aardvark. Sorry, Arthur.”